Self Re-writing and Self Un-writing
Reconsidering Gertrude Stein’s Marginalisation in Discussions of Samuel Beckett’s Autographic Writing
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This essay analyses the imbalance identifiable in critical approaches to the gendering of Beckett’s influences with respect to his autographic writing. Contrasting Beckett’s Company with Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, I unravel the particulars that have led to Stein’s marginalisation as a figure against which we can situate Beckett’s autographic writings, with a view to further understanding why the remarkable correspondence between Beckett and Stein’s autographic praxes has continually evaded critical attention. Building on Porter Abbott’s description of autography as self-writing, I propose that Stein’s autography be considered an example of self-rewriting, and Beckett’s of self-unwriting.
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Cet article analyse le déséquilibre notable dans les approches critiques centrées sur les influences genrées de Samuel Beckett en lien avec son écriture autographique. Je compare Compagnie de Beckett et L’ Autobiographie d’ Alice Toklas de Gertrude Stein pour examiner ce qui a pu conduire à la marginalisation de Stein en tant que figure par rapport à laquelle nous pouvons situer les écrits autographiques de Beckett. Il s’ agit de mieux comprendre pourquoi la remarquable correspondance entre les pratiques autographiques de Beckett et de Stein n’ a cessé d’ échapper à l’ attention de la critique. En m’ appuyant sur la description que fait Porter Abbott de l’ autographie en tant qu’ écriture de soi, je propose de voir l’ autographie de Stein comme un exemple d’ auto-réécriture, et celle de Beckett comme un exemple de désécriture de soi.
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Self Re-writing and Self Un-writing
Reconsidering Gertrude Stein’s Marginalisation in Discussions of Samuel Beckett’s Autographic Writing
In: Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'huiSearch for other papers by Georgina Nugent-Folan in
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Abstract
This essay analyses the imbalance identifiable in critical approaches to the gendering of Beckett’s influences with respect to his autographic writing. Contrasting Beckett’s Company with Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, I unravel the particulars that have led to Stein’s marginalisation as a figure against which we can situate Beckett’s autographic writings, with a view to further understanding why the remarkable correspondence between Beckett and Stein’s autographic praxes has continually evaded critical attention. Building on Porter Abbott’s description of autography as self-writing, I propose that Stein’s autography be considered an example of self-rewriting, and Beckett’s of self-unwriting.
Résumé
Cet article analyse le déséquilibre notable dans les approches critiques centrées sur les influences genrées de Samuel Beckett en lien avec son écriture autographique. Je compare Compagnie de Beckett et L’ Autobiographie d’ Alice Toklas de Gertrude Stein pour examiner ce qui a pu conduire à la marginalisation de Stein en tant que figure par rapport à laquelle nous pouvons situer les écrits autographiques de Beckett. Il s’ agit de mieux comprendre pourquoi la remarquable correspondance entre les pratiques autographiques de Beckett et de Stein n’ a cessé d’ échapper à l’ attention de la critique. En m’ appuyant sur la description que fait Porter Abbott de l’ autographie en tant qu’ écriture de soi, je propose de voir l’ autographie de Stein comme un exemple d’ auto-réécriture, et celle de Beckett comme un exemple de désécriture de soi.
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| Abstract Views | 233 | 53 | 4 |
| Full Text Views | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 59 | 8 | 0 |